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We care about a lot of things, the environment being one of the most important. The aim of obviously.ca is to provide you with accurate, verifiable, and entertaining information to help you make environmentally-conscious decisions.
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Are you a baseball fan? With the Major League in full swing, check out the Fields of Green Team, run by a former pro baseball player, Darrell Evans. By surfing the site and signing up for the newsletter, you can receive environmental information, money-saving tips and hot takes on new eco products. There is a cool section with environmental tips laid out in terms of baseball bases, adding up to the big things you can do to get a homerun! The Field of Greens Team has also started endorsing certain green products, so check out that section too if you want to do some eco-shopping. Oh, and why not up brush up on your baseball knowledge by taking a look at the green baseball players bio. Fields of Green definitely hits an eco-homerun in my books!
It’s summer, and summer brings about summer work. We’d like to help you find a job, with a hint of green, this summer, and what better way than to check out some environmental job sites? GoodWork is all green, so it can help you find green jobs, environmental volunteer opportunities, and events in your community. Charity Village is Canada’s leading site for those searching for employment in the non-profit sector. This site allows you to search based on location, type of job or organization focus, such as environment and animals. ECO Canada focuses on job postings and as well as on environmental educational programs for students wishing to pursue this area for studies. Are you looking for work in the U.S.? ECO Employ not to be confused with ECO Canada, provides job search capacities for work in Canada and the United States. Of course, these aren’t the only environmental job sites, so here’s a few more: Environmental Career and the Environmental Careers Organization. Happy searching!
UPDATE:
Since posting this blog, we’ve come across a few other environmental job sites. WorkCabin is Canada’s first site powered by 100% green electricity and lists jobs, internships and volunteer opportunities in Canada. Geography Jobs focuses on employment in the field of geography and has recently been launched. Eluta is unique in that it finds new job announcements from all across Canada. With a new grads section and an environmental choice option, this could be very helpful in your job hunt. Also, check out federal environmental jobs and Ontario Provincial student jobs.
If you have any links to environmental work resources that you would like to share with us, !
As a student it’s often hard to have and keep money. But Green My Wallet may be your new secret weapon….a way to be environmental and a way to save some green…err, money. It’s a pretty simple site but it lays out a few quick and easy ways to save money and help the planet, such as investing in your own reusable mug (saving hundreds of disposable cups) or turning off your computer at night (save energy and money). Green My Wallet even lets you add your own tips if you come up with a great idea. Check out this site today and start greening! And hey, why not make one of these items your 1 thing, obviously!
Did you know that this week is National Volunteer Week? With summer just around the corner, consider taking Ontario’s “Change the World” challenge. To participate, all you have to do is commit to volunteering in a specific activity that you choose, and begin your work by the upcoming summer. And may we recommend that you consider volunteering for the environment? There are many eco-volunteering options available, whether it’s tree planting or working in a community garden. Green volunteering is good for the earth and good for the spirit. P.S. It’s true, one person can change the world.
Have you heard of the term “carbon footprint”? It is the amount of resources it takes for one person to live, and is calculated using things such as the amount of food consumed, distance travelled and consumer items purchased. If you’re like me, this concept may seem a bit fuzzy to understand. Enter the new Carbon Map.
The Carbon Map is a new high resolution map of the carbon footprint of the entire United States. This map colour codes the amount of carbon emissions per 100 square kilometre area – the darker the colour means the more carbon emissions that are created in that area. It’s interesting to see that as you look east, there is a greater amount of carbon consumption.
The map uses data from 2002 measurements, and the units of measure are log (million metric tons/year/100 square km).
The Vulcan Project, which is funded by NASA under the North American Carbon Program, is the organisation that developed the Carbon Map. Its goal is to measure the U.S.’s carbon outputs to a much more specific degree and present the information visually. The hope is that once people understand the carbon emissions their actions are creating, steps can be taken to reduce carbon consumption. The map also helps to understand the current climate crisis and puts each person’s impact into perspective.
But the project gets bigger. Plans to develop a Canadian version are underway, to be followed by the rest of the world …how cool would that be?!
Check out the website for more info, the map, and the project behind the new image and watch the YouTube Video for a full explanation of the project.
